Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was a

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

politician and a Member of Parliament.

Early life

Shajahan was born in 1951. He studied at the Bangladesh Agriculture University in Mymensingh. He worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh Agriculture University after graduating. Later he married Shobnam Momtaz, and had a child, Anupam Shahjahan Joy, the current MP of

Tangail-8 Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Basail Upazila, Basail and Sakhipur Upazila, Sakhipur upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first ...

Career

Shahjahan was elected to Parliament in 1986

as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He won the by-poll in 1999 from Tangail-8 and was re-elected again in December 2008 General elections. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture Ministry. He was elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary election on 5 January 2014. He has called on the government of Bangladesh to implement the

Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord () was a peace agreement signed between the Government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts), the political organisation th ...

to avert violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.

Death and legacy

Shahjahan died on 20 January 2014. His constituency, Tangail-8, fail vacant after his death. On 29 March 2014, by-elections were held and his son, Anupam Shahjahan Joy, was elected to Parliament.

References

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